THE PROS:
1.BUILDING AND APARTMENT. The building is modern, clean, new, safe and beautiful. There are guards at the driveway, staff at the door, etc. The apartment itself is also modern and clean. The gym and pool are absolutely beautiful and the views are amazing. The lobby and front garden area area also nice areas to hangout or wait.
2. LOCATION. The location on Sukhumvit Soi 21 just a tiny walk from the BTS and MRT Trains is wonderful and was perfect for us.
3. THE HOST and CHECK-IN. Communication was all through AirBnB and we received instructions on how to check-in without meeting the host. I was cautious about not physically meeting the host, but it worked perfectly. We actually never met the host, but never needed to. We checked in and checked out seamlessly without the stress of meeting anyone.
THE CONS:
1. The apartment is quite small. It was smaller than we expected. It was not a major problem for us because we were only two people. Had my family of 4 travelled, it would have been too tight.
2. There is no WIFI. This is stated in the listing, but after viewing so many listings, this detail snuck past me and I was surprised to find this out when we arrived. It is stated in the listing and this was my error. We got local SIM cards for our phones and created a hotspot to have wifi in the apartment.
3. The TV has only the local Thai tv channels. For non fluent-Thai speakers, the TV is not useable.
4. Although the pool is stunning, it gets virtually no direct sunlight and the water in December was extremely cold, although it was 30C+ degrees outside. Our plan of using the pool regularly was not feasible (once again, this was in December).
5. Lack of flexibility in a short-term rental. We checked out at 11am but our flight was that evening. Because "day rentals" are undesired in the apartment building, we did not have the option of leaving our suitcases anywhere in the building for a few hours until we left for the airport. We had to find a luggage storage option and pay for that for the day in order to have a physical place to put our suitcases. This is a very specific need, but it did affect our final day and did incur an additional cost which was equivalent to a day's rental in the apartment. The apartment does have an "anti-day-rental" sign and policy, yet we faced no problems at all until the final day and this particular situation.